Tom DiLorenzo compares cultural Marxism to past Marxist revolutions

The whole history of Marxist revolutions is that the older civilization, which may have evolved over centuries, is in fact destroyed and then replaced with nothing but totalitarian thuggery, corruption, violence, and mass killing.

~ Tom DiLorenzo, "Your Marxist Revolutionary Sons and Daughters," LewRockwell.com, October 16, 2020

Micah Curtis on Antifa

One of my biggest issues since the death of George Floyd and the beginning of the riots has been the complete and total lack of honesty when it comes to Antifa. This is not just a group of people that dislikes far-right politics. Their name stands for anti-fascist action, but it is intellectually dishonest to look at what they are doing and think this has anything to do with fighting fascism. Their goal is revolution, and it’s likely that if you were to ask them if they think that Pol Pot did anything wrong, their answer would be no.

~ Micah Curtis, "Antifa in Portland Vow To Kill Cops, Along With Their Families, Children & Friends," LewRockwell.com, September 28, 2020

Amity Shlaes on the revolutionary attitude of youth in America

Jeff Deist: There is a sense of a slow, gradual march, and then occasionally there are great leaps forward.  It feels like we're in the latter phase at the moment.

Amity Shlaes: The current period reminds us of the Cultural Revolution in China - heavy pressure from youth, and dangerous youth sanctimony.  Young people telling older people the way things must be.  It's disconcerting to observe such a dynamic in the United States.

~ Amity Shlaes, "2020: The 1960s Redux?," The Austrian, July-August 2020

Georges Jacques Danton on revolutions

In revolutions, authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

~ Georges Jacques Danton, intellectual leader of the French Revolution

Herbert Hoover on crisis and collectivism

Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "Emergency."

~ Herbert Hoover

Ludwig von Mises on mass unemployment providing recruiting ground for radical political movements

Permanent mass unemployment destroys the moral foundations of the social order.  The young people, who, having finished their training for work, are forced to remain idle, are the ferment out of which the most radical political movements are formed.  In their ranks the soldiers of the next revolution are recruited.

~ Ludwig von Mises, Socialism

Benjamin Franklin on rebellion against tyranny

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin on the difference between war and revolution

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

~ Benjamin Franklin

(This quote may be misattributed.  According to Phil Duffy, "'bad guy' doesn't sound like 18th century language.")

Benjamin Franklin
1912-1914

Howard Davidowitz on the coming transformation of the American retail marketplace

With the explosion of online sales, what happens to all of these retail malls and the tons of shopping centers that are marginal? I think there are huge questions going forward about size of stores, location of stores, distribution facilities. Huge changes are going to be taking place in the next five years as people continue to shop online.

~Howard Davidowitz, chairman, Davidowitz and Associates, Bloomberg.com interview, December 31st, 2010

H. L. Mencken on revolution

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

~ H. L. Mencken

Simon Bolivar on revolution

He who sows a revolution ploughs the sea.

~ Simon Bolivar

The larger quote is,

America is ungovernable. He who sows a revolution ploughs the sea.

As recorded in Paul Johnson, The Birth of the Modern, Page 651. ‘America’ in this context probably means Latin America, but the comment would be prescient if the United States ultimately demonstrates that it too is ungovernable.